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Unions are using International Workers' Memorial Day today to warn of the link between "cutting red tape" and high work death and injury rates, while Coal Services NSW explains how a deadly occupational disease was eradicated through safety regulations.
The Federal Government's new building industry Code includes less-prescriptive safety and rehabilitation provisions, and will apply retrospectively to enterprise agreements made from the end of this week.
Western Australia is expected to introduce model WHS Bills for general industry and for the resources sector by September, while the State's average workers' comp premium rate will fall for the second year in a row on 1 July.
Employers should embrace rather than oppose safety-related union entry rights, because officials usually enforce the safety standards mandated by company policies, a union leader has said in response to Queensland's new WHS changes.
The Victorian Labor Party has made it clear that it won't introduce a mirror WHS Bill if it wins the next State election, while a leading OHS lawyer has called for the harmonisation "farce" to be scrapped and replaced with uniform laws.
Safety regulators are more likely than ever to ask PCBUs for evidence of their consultation processes, and to view minutes from committee meetings, a workplace health and safety lawyer has warned.
Queensland's WHS Amendment Bill has passed through Parliament, with the Bill's architect - the Attorney-General - repeating his seemingly incongruous boast that work injury rates are falling under the current laws. Meanwhile, Safe Work Australia is keeping tight-lipped on its position on the Queensland changes.
A Parliamentary Committee recommends passing Queensland's WHS Amendment Bill, which aims to make regulators the "first port of call" for workers with safety concerns by reducing the powers of HSRs and unions, but it says employers will have to pay for additional inspectors.
